Clinical trial · Interventional
Choices for Latinas and Clinical Trials
Choices: Increasing Access of Latinas Into Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
"Increasing Access of Latinas into Breast Cancer Clinical Trials" aims to develop and pilot test a multi-communications approach - using a culturally relevant computer video, a tailored booklet and a patient navigator (PN) - to empower Latinas to make informed decisions about breast cancer clinical trials (BCCTs). Latinos represent 15% of the U.S. population but only 5.6% of participants in National Cancer Institute (NCI) treatment clinical trials, resulting in disparities in cancer outcomes and jeopardizing the generalizability of trial findings. In response, this study will develop and evaluate communication and health-system-change strategies to facilitate Latinas' access to BCCTs at the Cancer Therapy and Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (CTRC-UTHSCSA). The CTRC-UTHSCSA, an NCI-designated Cancer Center located in South Texas, serves a culturally and ethnically diverse population that historically has low participation in clinical trials, especially among those with breast cancer, the No. 1 cancer killer of Latinas.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Cancer | Malignant Breast Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention
- description
- The intervention group will receive three components: 1) a culturally sensitive, individually tailored, 30-minute computer-based BCCT video; 2) a bilingual, low-literacy booklet aimed at encouraging patients to communicate with family and friends and 3) assistance from a patient navigator.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Intervention
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Usual Care
- description
- The usual care control group will receive the usual care breast cancer clinical trial information materials offered by the CTRC to their eligible patients.
Primary outcomes (3)
- measure
- Attitudes towards clinical trials
- timeFrame
- Baseline and post intervention survey within 3 months from baseline
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- Female
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * English and Spanish speaking Latinas diagnosed with breast cancer who: attend the CTRC breast clinic and/or other CTRC clinics, have not had their initial doctor consultation to discuss treatment options, have not participated in a clinical trial before, and are eligible to participate in one of the Phase III, Phase IV or selective Phase II breast cancer clinical trials (BCCT) open at the CTRC at the time of diagnosis. Exclusion Criteria: * Non-Hispanic women * Children * Men
References
Publications (1)
- BACKGROUNDChalela P, Muñoz E, Gallion JK, Karnad A, Ramirez AG. Empowering Latina breast cancer patients to make informed decisions about clinical trials: A multicommunication approach. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 24(10 Suppl), 2015 [abstract]